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Bob Shawkey
James Robert Shawkey
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 168 lb.

Born: December 4, 1890 in Sigel, PA
Schools: Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1913
Final Game: September 29, 1927
Died: December 31, 1980 in Syracuse, NY
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1913 22 PHA AL 6 5 .545 2.34 18 15 1 8 1 0 111.1 92 41 29 2 50 52 3 0 2 498 117 1.275 7.4 0.2 4.0 4.2 1.04
1914 23 PHA AL 16 8 .667 2.73 38 31 5 18 5 2 237.0 223 88 72 4 75 89 2 0 0 925 95 1.257 8.5 0.2 2.8 3.4 1.19
1915 24 TOT AL 10 13 .435 3.68 33 22 10 12 2 0 185.2 181 95 76 5 73 87 3 0 3 741 79 1.368 8.8 0.2 3.5 4.2 1.19
1915 24 PHA AL 6 6 .500 4.05 17 13 4 7 1 0 100.0 103 57 45 3 38 56 1 0 2 410 72 1.410 9.3 0.3 3.4 5.0 1.47
1915 24 NYY AL 4 7 .364 3.26 16 9 6 5 1 0 85.2 78 38 31 2 35 31 2 0 1 331 90 1.319 8.2 0.2 3.7 3.3 0.89
1916 25 NYY AL 24 14 .632 2.21 53 27 23 21 4 8 276.2 204 78 68 4 81 122 6 0 2 1064 130 1.030 6.6 0.1 2.6 4.0 1.51
1917 26 NYY AL 13 15 .464 2.44 32 26 5 16 2 0 236.1 207 81 64 2 72 97 6 0 4 930 110 1.181 7.9 0.1 2.7 3.7 1.35
1918 27 NYY AL 1 1 .500 1.12 3 2 1 1 1 0 16.0 7 2 2 0 10 3 0 0 0 60 251 1.063 3.9 0.0 5.6 1.7 0.30
1919 28 NYY AL 20 11 .645 2.72 41 27 9 22 3 5 261.1 218 94 79 7 92 122 5 0 1 1041 117 1.186 7.5 0.2 3.2 4.2 1.33
1920 29 NYY AL 20 13 .606 2.45 38 31 5 20 5 2 267.2 246 88 73 10 85 126 1 0 3 1104 156 1.237 8.3 0.3 2.9 4.2 1.48
1921 30 NYY AL 18 12 .600 4.08 38 31 6 18 3 2 245.0 245 131 111 15 86 126 7 1 2 1053 104 1.351 9.0 0.6 3.2 4.6 1.47
1922 31 NYY AL 20 12 .625 2.91 39 34 4 22 3 1 299.2 286 112 97 16 98 130 0 0 3 1253 137 1.281 8.6 0.5 2.9 3.9 1.33
1923 32 NYY AL 16 11 .593 3.51 36 31 3 17 1 1 258.2 232 114 101 17 102 125 4 0 8 1076 112 1.291 8.1 0.6 3.5 4.3 1.23
1924 33 NYY AL 16 11 .593 4.12 38 25 8 10 1 0 207.2 226 107 95 11 74 114 3 0 5 892 101 1.445 9.8 0.5 3.2 4.9 1.54
1925 34 NYY AL 6 14 .300 4.11 33 20 8 9 1 0 186.0 209 101 85 12 67 81 5 0 4 802 103 1.484 10.1 0.6 3.2 3.9 1.21
1926 35 NYY AL 8 7 .533 3.62 29 10 14 3 1 3 104.1 102 49 42 8 37 63 2 0 0 445 106 1.332 8.8 0.7 3.2 5.4 1.70
1927 36 NYY AL 2 3 .400 2.89 19 2 11 0 0 4 43.2 44 19 14 1 16 23 1 0 3 190 133 1.374 9.1 0.2 3.3 4.7 1.44
15 Seasons 196 150 .566 3.09 488 334 113 197 33 28 2937.0 2722 1200 1008 114 1018 1360 48 1 40 12074 113 1.273 8.3 0.3 3.1 4.2 1.34
162 Game Avg. 16 12 .566 3.09 40 28 9 16 3 2 243 225 99 83 9 84 113 4 0 3 999 113 1.273 8.3 0.3 3.1 4.2 1.34
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
NYY (13 yrs) 168 131 .562 3.12 415 275 103 164 26 26 2488.2 2304 1014 862 105 855 1163 42 1 36 10241 117 1.269 8.3 0.4 3.1 4.2 1.36
PHA (3 yrs) 28 19 .596 2.93 73 59 10 33 7 2 448.1 418 186 146 9 163 197 6 0 4 1833 92 1.296 8.4 0.2 3.3 4.0 1.21

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1914 23 PHA AL WS L BSN 0 1 .000 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 1.200 7.2 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.00
1921 30 NYY AL WS L NYG 0 1 .000 7.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 13 9 7 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 44 2.111 13.0 0.0 6.0 5.0 0.83
1922 31 NYY AL WS L NYG 0 0 2.70 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.0 8 3 3 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 38 1.000 7.2 0.9 1.8 3.6 2.00
1923 32 NYY AL WS W NYG 1 0 1.000 3.52 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 12 3 3 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 38 2.087 14.1 0.0 4.7 2.3 0.50
1926 35 NYY AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 5.40 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 8 7 6 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 39 1.000 7.2 0.0 1.8 6.3 3.50
5 Seasons (5 Series) 1 3 .250 4.54 8 5 0 1 0 0 41.2 45 25 21 1 16 0 18 1 0 1 179 1.464 9.7 0.2 3.5 3.9 1.13
5 WS 1 3 .250 4.54 8 5 0 1 0 0 41.2 45 25 21 1 16 0 18 1 0 1 179 1.464 9.7 0.2 3.5 3.9 1.13

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1913 22 PHA AL 18 47 44 3 6 1 0 0 5 0 1 10 .136 .156 .159 .315 -7 7 0 2 1
1914 23 PHA AL 38 91 83 6 17 2 0 0 5 0 4 22 .205 .241 .229 .470 44 19 0 4 1
1915 24 TOT AL 33 65 60 3 11 5 1 0 3 0 3 21 .183 .222 .300 .522 58 18 0 2 1
1915 24 PHA AL 17 36 31 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 11 .129 .206 .194 .399 22 6 0 2 1
1915 24 NYY AL 16 29 29 3 7 3 1 0 1 0 0 10 .241 .241 .414 .655 96 12 0 0 1
1916 25 NYY AL 53 100 93 5 17 1 0 0 4 0 3 21 .183 .208 .194 .402 20 18 0 4 1
1917 26 NYY AL 32 91 84 3 16 4 0 0 8 0 3 15 .190 .218 .238 .456 39 20 0 4 1
1918 27 NYY AL 3 6 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .750 .800 .750 1.550 363 3 0 1 /1
1919 28 NYY AL 41 101 94 5 22 1 0 0 6 0 1 15 .234 .242 .245 .487 36 23 0 6 1
1920 29 NYY AL 38 106 100 13 23 1 0 0 10 0 0 4 13 .230 .267 .240 .507 33 24 1 1 1
1921 30 NYY AL 38 100 90 13 27 2 1 1 11 0 0 2 13 .300 .315 .378 .693 75 34 0 8 1
1922 31 NYY AL 39 125 115 12 21 2 0 1 12 0 0 2 18 .183 .203 .226 .429 11 26 1 7 1
1923 32 NYY AL 36 102 99 8 20 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 15 .202 .202 .232 .434 13 23 0 3 1
1924 33 NYY AL 38 81 69 12 22 4 1 1 15 0 0 7 5 .319 .390 .449 .839 116 31 1 4 1
1925 34 NYY AL 33 68 68 1 10 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 .147 .147 .221 .368 -7 15 0 0 1
1926 35 NYY AL 29 40 35 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 .257 .316 .286 .602 58 10 0 2 1
1927 36 NYY AL 19 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -52 1 0 0 1
15 Seasons 488 1134 1049 90 225 26 6 3 94 0 0 34 181 .214 .241 .259 .501 37 272 3 48
162 Game Avg. 162 376 348 30 75 9 2 1 31 0 11 60 .214 .241 .259 .501 37 90 1 16
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYY (13 yrs) 415 960 891 81 198 21 6 3 82 0 0 26 138 .222 .247 .269 .516 39 240 3 40
PHA (3 yrs) 73 174 158 9 27 5 0 0 12 0 8 43 .171 .211 .203 .413 25 32 0 8

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1914 23 PHA AL WS BSN L 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
1921 30 NYY AL WS NYG L 2 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1922 31 NYY AL WS NYG L 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1923 32 NYY AL WS NYG W 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .250 .333 .583 1 0 0 0 1 0
1926 35 NYY AL WS STL L 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 8 16 15 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .267 .250 .333 .583 5 0 0 0 1 0
5 WS 8 16 15 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .267 .250 .333 .583 5 0 0 0 1 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1913 PHA AL 22 P 18 47 3 40 4 0 .915 2.39 .938 1.83
1914 PHA AL 23 P 38 74 6 63 5 1 .932 1.82 .936 1.74
1915 TOT AL 24 P 33 57 5 49 3 3 .947 1.64 .937 1.80
1915 PHA AL 24 P 17 30 3 26 1 3 .967 1.71 .937 1.80
1915 NYY AL 24 P 16 27 2 23 2 0 .926 1.56 .937 1.80
1916 NYY AL 25 P 53 94 12 79 3 2 .968 1.72 .944 1.69
1917 NYY AL 26 P 32 101 18 79 4 5 .960 3.03 .947 1.83
1918 NYY AL 27 P 3 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 3.33 .950 1.87
1919 NYY AL 28 P 41 85 22 59 4 1 .953 1.98 .948 1.76
1920 NYY AL 29 P 38 64 15 48 1 0 .984 1.66 .947 1.66
1921 NYY AL 30 P 38 52 14 35 3 1 .942 1.29 .956 1.56
1922 NYY AL 31 P 39 87 13 70 4 4 .954 2.13 .963 1.48
1923 NYY AL 32 P 36 72 9 61 2 3 .972 1.94 .958 1.49
1924 NYY AL 33 P 38 56 11 39 6 1 .893 1.32 .962 1.32
1925 NYY AL 34 P 33 44 7 37 0 1 1.000 1.33 .959 1.40
1926 NYY AL 35 P 29 26 2 23 1 0 .962 0.86 .958 1.39
1927 NYY AL 36 P 19 15 3 11 1 0 .933 0.74 .960 1.40
15 Seasons P 488 884 146 697 41 22 .954 1.73 .950 1.60
15 Seasons TOT 488 884 146 697 41 22 .954 1.73 .904 1.60
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1916 AL--2.212--8th
1920 AL--2.455--1st
1922 AL--2.913--3rd
Career--3.089--194th

Wins s c a p y
1914 AL--16--10th
1916 AL--24--2nd
1919 AL--20--5th
1920 AL--20--8th
1921 AL--18--8th
1922 AL--20--6th
1924 AL--16--10th
Career--196--119th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1914 AL--.667--4th
1916 AL--.632--8th
1919 AL--.645--9th
1921 AL--.600--10th
1922 AL--.625--5th
1923 AL--.593--10th
1924 AL--.593--8th
Career--.566--237th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1916 AL--1.030--3rd
1919 AL--1.186--8th
1920 AL--1.237--5th
1921 AL--1.351--8th
1922 AL--1.281--9th
1923 AL--1.291--8th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1916 AL--6.636--2nd
1919 AL--7.508--3rd
1920 AL--8.272--4th
1921 AL--9.000--4th
1922 AL--8.590--4th
1923 AL--8.072--1st
Career--8.341--245th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1919 AL--4.202--6th
1920 AL--4.237--2nd
1921 AL--4.629--2nd
1922 AL--3.904--3rd
1923 AL--4.349--3rd
1924 AL--4.941--2nd
1925 AL--3.919--3rd

Games Played s c a p y
1916 AL--53--3rd
1919 AL--41--5th

Saves s c a p y
1916 AL--8--1st
1919 AL--5--1st
1920 AL--2--7th
1926 AL--3--7th
1927 AL--4--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1916 AL--276.7--8th
1919 AL--261.3--9th
1922 AL--299.7--3rd
1923 AL--258.7--9th
Career--2937.0--141st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1916 AL--122--9th
1919 AL--122--4th
1920 AL--126--3rd
1921 AL--126--3rd
1922 AL--130--3rd
1923 AL--125--2nd
1924 AL--114--3rd
Career--1360--226th

Games Started s c a p y
1922 AL--34--5th
1923 AL--31--10th
Career--334--207th

Complete Games s c a p y
1914 AL--18--8th
1916 AL--21--6th
1919 AL--22--7th
1922 AL--22--5th
Career--197--142nd

Shutouts s c a p y
1914 AL--5--5th
1916 AL--4--5th
1919 AL--3--10th
1920 AL--5--2nd
1921 AL--3--5th
1922 AL--3--7th
Career--33--87th

Home Runs s c a p y
1914 AL--4--8th
1915 AL--5--6th
1916 AL--4--8th
1919 AL--7--7th
1920 AL--10--7th
1921 AL--15--5th
1922 AL--16--6th
1923 AL--17--1st
1924 AL--11--5th
1925 AL--12--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1919 AL--92--5th
1921 AL--86--9th
1922 AL--98--4th
1923 AL--102--7th
Career--1018--104th

Hits s c a p y
1922 AL--286--9th
Career--2722--174th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1916 AL--1.506--7th
1917 AL--1.347--7th
1920 AL--1.482--5th
1921 AL--1.465--6th
1922 AL--1.327--5th
1923 AL--1.226--10th
1924 AL--1.540--4th
1925 AL--1.209--5th

Losses s c a p y
1916 AL--14--10th
1925 AL--14--7th
Career--150--157th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1921 AL--111--9th
Career--1008--221st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1923 AL--8--2nd
1924 AL--5--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1916 AL--1064--10th
1922 AL--1253--4th
Career--12074--128th

Games Finished s c a p y
1916 AL--23--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1916 AL--130--7th
1920 AL--156--1st
1922 AL--137--4th
Career--113--242nd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 12 (183), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 143 (107), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 70 (166), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 30 (142), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 28, 1915: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Philadelphia Athletics for $3,500.

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